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A walk in the woods

Wow, it has been really, really cold here in California. It's only gotten down to about 32 in our back yard, but other parts of the region have seen temps in the 20s. I know that's not really cold, but for sea-level Northern California, that is quite chilly.

To celebrate the holiday, today Dave and I did a new hike. After eight years of hiking and running the trails of Mt. Tam, I was pretty surprised to find this hike that was completely on trails we'd never set foot on. We hiked to a lovely waterfall with a multi-tiered cascade, then down to Kent Lake, then back up to our car (which was parked above the golf course on Bolinas-Fairfax Road, my cycling friends). About seven or eight miles.

The shady parts of the trail were icy! You just don't see ice in Marin County. But best of all, it was sunny and clear. And everyone else either went skiing in Tahoe or slept in -- we had the trails to ourselves.

Here's some crappy video I took of the waterfall. But more exciting, this is my first attempt at posting video here. (Taking the video of the waterfall was Dave's idea. Thanks, Dave. There are more photos from our jaunt on flickr, too.)

January 15, 2007 9:50 PM